Trans Cooler Plumbing Help
#701736
05/18/10 08:35 PM
05/18/10 08:35 PM
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Posts: 1,271 Vista, California
67Satty
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I bought a B&M cooler with 3/8" barbed inlet and outlet: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BMM-70268/I want to hook it up so that is goes trans>stock hard lines>radiator cooler>hose>B&M cooler>hose>stock hard lines>trans. Where I'm having trouble is going out from the radiator to the cooler and back from the cooler to the stock hard lines. Of course the fittings that come in the kit are all wrong. So far in my attempt to get the correct fittings, I've gone to two Napas, Fastenal, Lowes, Home Depot, two local speed shops, and a place that does nothing but plumbing for off-roaders. I'm also willing to return the cooler and get one with different fittings and start all over if that will make it easier. Should I order one with -6 AN inlets and outlets? Will that make it easier to adapt to my radiator output and/or stock hard lines? I've come up with a solution that involves bypassing the radiator cooler but the directions say to go trans>radiator cooler>B&M cooler>trans. Thanks for any advice and/or parts/parts numbers you can give me for suggestions.
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Re: Trans Cooler Plumbing Help
[Re: Kern Dog]
#701750
05/19/10 07:53 PM
05/19/10 07:53 PM
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Posts: 3,967 S.I. N.Y.
1MYTGTX
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I have my stacked plate B & M cooler bypassing the radiator.
I have plumbed it using hard line & joined it to the factory hard lines....fabbed up some brackets & mounted it in the "Hemi" location
1MYTGTX
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Re: Trans Cooler Plumbing Help
[Re: 67Satty]
#701752
05/25/10 12:36 AM
05/25/10 12:36 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 742 SoCal.
MoparMark
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Quote:
I bought a B&M cooler with 3/8" barbed inlet and outlet:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BMM-70268/
I want to hook it up so that is goes trans>stock hard lines>radiator cooler>hose>B&M cooler>hose>stock hard lines>trans.
Where I'm having trouble is going out from the radiator to the cooler and back from the cooler to the stock hard lines.
Of course the fittings that come in the kit are all wrong. So far in my attempt to get the correct fittings, I've gone to two Napas, Fastenal, Lowes, Home Depot, two local speed shops, and a place that does nothing but plumbing for off-roaders.
I'm also willing to return the cooler and get one with different fittings and start all over if that will make it easier.
Should I order one with -6 AN inlets and outlets? Will that make it easier to adapt to my radiator output and/or stock hard lines?
I've come up with a solution that involves bypassing the radiator cooler but the directions say to go trans>radiator cooler>B&M cooler>trans.
Thanks for any advice and/or parts/parts numbers you can give me for suggestions.
Send that cooler back and get the one with the 3/8 pipe fittings, order 2 of the 3/8 pipe to #6 flare straight fittings and then contact Orme Brothers racing @ Ormebrothers.com and order 2 of the hardline adaptor fittings that connect transmission lines to braided hose lines. These are the correct fittings to do what you need to do without cutting the hard lines. Mount the cooler where you want, I recommend the drivers side of the radiator and order your braided hose and fittings to complete the job. I don't recommend running the lines thru the factory cooler as the heat of SoCal will warm up the fluid enough for normal operation. PM me if you need more info as I'm in the Riverside area and go to Oceanside quite a bit to visit family.
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Re: Trans Cooler Plumbing Help
[Re: Kern Dog]
#701753
05/25/10 07:56 PM
05/25/10 07:56 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,274 Ontario.Canada
can.al
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...any trans guys i talk to say the trans should run 170 - 190. ..you will have a hard time getting it that warm without passing it through the rad...even in warm weather.
Last edited by can.al; 05/25/10 07:59 PM.
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